Re: Z8 extremely unreliable/inconsistent AF in mildly low light
Buckeye2604 wrote:
ronno wrote:
In the above example, the Z8 had a hard time going from close to far focusing, in the below it's the opposite, the Z8 would not go from focusing far to close **this was well within the close-focusing limit of the lenses**…
And again, I was only doing these tests at home because the camera was failing to focusing when I was actually trying to shoot stuff out in the real world.
I see the issue with your first video. Second is kinda ehh. If someone was complaining about foreground objects taking focus away from the subject then they could use that same video to say canon’s af isn’t sticky. There’s easy ways to fix that issue if you want the camera to focus on a very close inanimate object.
Not going to argue with anyone, but if it was as easy to fix as you suggested then this thread would not be as long as it is.
I did not shoot these clips to prove anything, just wanted to see if I could reproduce the focus failures I experienced in the field, and they were easy to reproduce.
And no, the Z8 was not set to ignore foreground objects .
With the Canon you can choose and it’s *consistent* - it will either grab onto close objects, or ignore them. On the Z8 clip you can see it works 1/3 of the time. That’s not good enough for me to trust it on a job. Not even close.
We’ve been trying to sort this for months, me and other experienced pro photographers…
I’m not saying it doesn’t work for other people birding or whatnot, just that it did not work for me. If you use the camera to shoot video going from close objects to far objects and vice versa, you may have similar problems. No such problems with my Sony or Canon cameras. They are not perfect - but hey are a LOT more consistent.
And I LOVED everything about the Z8 except for the weight, and the AF.
Cheers.
Aug 26, 2024 at 03:06 PM
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